What Are We to Make of the New (Atheist? Trans? Gay?) Conservatives?

What does it mean to be a conservative? What separates those on the right from those on the left?

In the past, being a conservative normally meant that you held firmly to traditional moral values.

That you were pro-life and pro-marriage.

That God and the Bible played an important role in your life.

It also meant you favored smaller government and reduction in taxes and a strong military. But for many conservatives, those were the secondary issues. Faith and family came first.

Today, there’s a new type of conservative. Today we have conservatives who are atheists. And we have transgender conservatives. And gay conservatives. Some of them are even “married” to their same-sex partners.

What are we to make of these new conservatives?

On the one hand, the more voices opposing the radical left, the better. And that includes non-religious and non-traditional voices. As conservatives, our doors are wide open.

But there’s another question we need to ask: Can you be a true conservative if you reject the most fundamental conservative values, starting with the biblical (and historic) definition of marriage? Can you be a true conservative if you say that gender is whatever you perceive it to be? And can you be a true conservative if you don’t believe in God?

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